Civil War drummer boy Willie Johnston received the Medal of Honor on Sept. 16, 1863, two months after his 13th birthday.

It may sound like a parody title, but there is a real Civil War first-person shooter game where 350 players can engage in ...

For 250 years, the US Army has adapted as a living organization composed of operating units and institutional organizations ...

With the Union and Confederate capital cities so close together, it seemed common sense for the Union to use its manpower and ...

Housekeeping time at the Schuylkill County Historical Society turned up a cache of books that’s delighting Civil War ...

The soldiers are marching home, and with them the noble army of artists ... 1865 They were known as the Special Artists of the Civil War, and their mission was not to write of battle but to ...

The bloodiest war in American history was also one of ... It took Jonathan Letterman, the medical director of the Army of the Potomac, just six weeks to implement a brilliant system to evacuate ...

John Williams wasn’t a particularly tall man, standing at 5 feet, 6 inches, but he made a big impact after joining the Union ...

and particularly the Army of the Potomac, counted great numbers of non-combatants. There were, in fact, several different ways which the troops could be counted. In the Union service these may be ...

Soldiers had to do something unusually heroic or perform some act that was essential to the success of the Continental Army. Both the ... livestock during the Civil War. 1876: Ownership transfered ...

Clifford Law Offices is representing the family of Casey Crafton, who was killed when an American Airlines plane and a U.S. army Black Hawk helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac River.

an Army Achievement Medal, a Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal and a Global War on Terrorism Service Medal. His wife Carrie, stepson Michael Lester, and family friends attended the vigil ...